Ralph W. Oakeson

About Ralph W. Oakeson

Driven and down to earth organizational, operational, and manufacturing GM for…

Experience

1. Chemical, Food, Nutra, Pharma, and Med Dev Manufacturing Clients - Owner, CEO, and Gm

   Ccinc

   May 2007 — Present · Salt Lake City, UT, US

   117M P&L as interim CEO. Clients ranged up to $250M, 12 directs, and 350 employees. Consultant or interim CEO or GM in chemical, food, pharma, nutraceutical, and medical device GMP, HACCP, FDA, etc. manufacturers to improve operations, manufacturing, revenue, professionalization, culture, and training.Founded and led CCInc. as a thriving operations consulting firm with 27 staff and offices in UT, AZ, and TX, worth over 7 figures. Applied wisdom and common sense with professional leadership and management with expertise, experience, and exposure to streamline and standardize operations for startups, small, and mid-sized manufacturing companies. Drove as acting CEO an 18% increase in order value by boosting customer confidence with better tech support, timely delivery, improved quality by reducing rework from 31% to 1.8%, and moving 12 talented rework techs to production.Implemented Lean principles as acting CEO to slash process inefficiencies by Value Stream and Spaghetti Mapping to reduce product lean waste by 34%, inventory carrying costs by 40%, and increasing production volume by 20%.Implemented Lean principles as acting GM of 1-piece flow and Kanbans to gain 13% improvement in tipping line, 26% in SG line, 34% in UV line, 37% in line C, 4 days to 2 hours in Multivac, and 17% better floor use.Strategically realigned as acting GM the product mix to eliminate low-sellers and refocus resources on revenue generators, reducing SKUs by 30% and instilling culture and strategy of continuous product innovation.Drove as acting Plant Manager a 23% increase in machine utilization by an 18% increase in non-stop shift operation by splitting teams into alternating schedules and added 5% to operation time by faster changeovers and material handling.Clients have included: Merit Medical Systems, Arrowhead Dental Laboratories, Tosca Ltd, Griffith Foods, DSM Nutritional, Glanbia Nutritionals, Reliv Global, SC Johnson, CR England, Bare Metal, GTF, and more.

Education

• University of Phoenix

  Masters

• University of Utah

  Master, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

• University of Utah

  Doctorate

• University of Utah

  Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT